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Re: [Nmh-workers] Exit status when argument is -version
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David Levine |
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Re: [Nmh-workers] Exit status when argument is -version |
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Wed, 06 Jun 2012 12:31:33 -0400 |
Norm wrote:
> The exit status of for, example, "sortm -version" or
> "scan -version" is not zero. Shouldn't it be. It was in
> a very old version of nmh, nmh-1.2-20070115cvs.
I agree that it should be 0. I don't know why it's 1, but
that is consistent across all 48, give or take, nmh
programs. It entered sometime after MH 6.8.5 but before the
beginning of our CVS history, so no clues from the repos.
I'm willing to change it, post 1.5, unless there's an
objection.
David